Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-04-01
ANOTHER REJofNDER.

would make ne happy to see man c
kind brought down to the lowest
plane of life, would use liquor as my
agent. | am not viewing the sub
.ject from a selfish standpoint, for he
who lives for himself alone will sit
down at the end of life, will not be
satisfied with human existence. But i
they who take to their hearts the mo.
tive which is pure in itself, live to
make others better ard they win be on
the road to true happiness. Opium is
an article of commerce just as much as
whiskey and the legislators have passed
law to protect the people from the
cursed evil, but the opium fiend has
the same right to say we are taking
away his liberties, 'Oh liberty what |
crimes are committed in thy name"
| thlnk it amounts to the same Thing |
as giving people license to murder, steal
and commit other crimes from the fact
they are under the influence of liquor
in many cases when they commit crimes,
ana yet great many will say they are
not responsible because they were
,;r r,,nl.. 500 tho oeeidea.ts that have
happened in the world, thousands of peo-
pie have been killed by the negligence Of
people under the influence of liquor.
Why is it that the railroads are waking
up on this subject IN / are not employing
men that use liquor, for the use of it
makes a man unfit for any position
but sheol. | have heard it whispered
around that you were three sheets in
the wind when you sat down on the
harrow. And now you switch off on
: the Book of books chats the rnkind-
est cut of ALL" | am not as capable
! to quote from that book as you are,
4 from the fact that it has been your holy
h mission to teach mankind the road to
@ eternal happiness, but will give you a
o few quotations. Habakuk ID chapter,
Ir 5th verse. "Yea also because he
transgresseth by wine he is a proud
Il man neither keepeth at home, who en-
h largnth his desires as hell and is as
r death and cannot be satisfied, gathereth
: unto him all nations and heapeth unto
it him all people" 18th verse, "Woe
J. u2to him that gives his neighbor drink
t that puttest thy bottle 70 him and
n makes him drunken. Proverbs 23d
E. chapter, Goth verse, "Who hath con.
4 tention, who hath babbling, who hath
st wounds without cause, who hath red
= ness of eyes" 30th verse, ''They thai
of tarry lcng at the wine, they that go tc
r. seek mixed wines y 3lst verse, ''Lool
II not upon the wine when it is red, whcr
at it giyeth its colors in the cup, when i
ID moves itself Alright" 32G verse, ga
ty the last it bitheth like d serpent ane
Mt stingeth like an adder" l haven't
time to quote more but please read al
he OF the second chapter of Habakuk ant
err weep It's doubtful if person wa
NV ever sayea from death by whiskey bu
,st what something else would have hat
nd the same effect and not taken chances OF
nd remedy that It's historyis written il
human blood It looks to me like it.
given to men to satisfy their deprave
appetite in place of curing them. Th
VS. time will come when the doctor vii
ice see that it is his mission to preven
I'd disease. You say I call the whiske
lat traffic criminal. What is clime
cir | would think it would be crime t
IN use anything for a wrong purpose, so
rs, liquor is used for a wrong purpose
i'd would not be right but crime, yo
,h cannot point out any moral it hs
In ever done, and authority claims thi
ID, liquor cannot be digested and ther
re is no nutriment in it, if that is so
'ut looks like it was used for a wrong pu
ty pose. If liquor digests how is it that
mt topers breath will ignite and burn hi
nd up. Consequently we cannot be tempe
ich ate with whiskey but temperance al
lat plies to necessaries of life and the
lot who eat more than their system neet
sc. are Incorporate, and it is the cause {
or most diseases. l don't expect Il
are amendment will come up to every pc
nd sons expectations, but it is to be hope
i'm that it will terminate right for it pu
WI king alcohol on the side of justic
er Truth being our guide and we cann'
o!s err, for truth is divine in its origi
Of eternal and unchangeable in its natu
5ht and omnipotent in its constitution.
for w. B. TAYLOR.